For over a year now, I’ve taken myself out of my comfort zone on numerous occasions, all to serve one purpose: to build up the …
Untitled by Shahlaa Yasmin
Alanna Cross was twelve. When twelve was the age of long division She hurt her wrist through incision When twelve was the age of pushing …
This Paper Plane by Aditi Chanda
This paper plane that’s on my wrist Flies round and round my clenched fist As steel is pressed upon my skin To spill the things …
The Truth About Vampires by Julia Maltby
Next time you see me Try to find how hollow my smile has become. How it bears all my teeth to prove I am complete …
Letter to Myself at Age Fourteen
1. Believe in love, every kind, big and small, weak and strong. 2. But don’t wait for him. Or any guy. Or anyone at all. …
Untitled by Dani Steinberg
When you need me You can’t find me When you find me You don’t need me What am I? Dani …
The White Place by Chance Walsh
These walls are unbroken Inside them I’m breaking bending bleeding Pleading for freedom far from this prison I’ve built. Lyrical liar don’t listen to your …
you promised me i was art by Mehek Boparai
i bled shades reflected on prisms and you held your paintbrush all too eagerly smearing my words across your canvas rearranging my thoughts to fit …
